The 2010 NBA playoffs are finally here! After a full season of all 30 teams battling it out (including the Nets to a lesser extent), 16 teams survive and fight for the Larry O’Brien trophy. Can LeBron finally lead the Cavs to the promise land? Has Dwight Howard learned what it will take to get it all? Are the Spurs and Celtics washed up? Will Kevin Durant continue a dream season for OKC? Can Kobe get the one for the thumb?
NBAtoday.net doesn’t necessarily have the answers, but we do have a …
One season in, Jordan is out.
The Sixers have fired head coach Eddie Jordan, despite just hiring him last year. Him and his Princeton offense brought the Sixers to an outstanding 27-55 record. Oh wait, that’s a HRBL record.
Jordan was brought in by GM Ed Stefanski, who was previously with the Nets – a team where Jordan was an assistant coach for a few seasons. And it was Stefanski who announced the move by saying the team took an “unacceptable” step backward after two straight seasons in the playoffs. This team …
Bulls 98, Bobcats 89
Win and you’re in. That’s all the Bulls needed to do last night and that they did. They were crushing the Bobcats at halftime, so unless they collapsed it was a done deal for the Raptors, win or not. The Bobcats did bring it to 7 in the second half, but they benched most of their starters seeing as almost everyone on the roster played 20 minutes.
Derrick Rose led the Bulls with 27 and seems to be carrying his team in the playoffs. If he could play …
I hope you all like head coaching news, because this post is almost all about head coaches and their present and future!
I Challenge You to a Duel
It’s being rumored that just a couple of weeks ago Bulls vice president John Paxson had provoked a fight with head coach Vinny Del Negro due to a disagreement in Joakim Noah’s playing time. After a March 30 game at the United Center, Noah had played 27 minutes against the Suns, but upper management was aiming for Noah to play much less minutes due …
Bulls 101, Celtics 93
Derrick Rose must have heard me and Shooter bash the hell out of him on the podcast because in the biggest game of the year for the Bulls he stepped with a career high 39 points and one NASTY dunk. Rose is now averaging over 20 ppg this year after carrying the entire Bulls team in this last stretch run. Rose was 15-22 from the field and his counterpart Hinrich dropped 30 himself! It was a pretty evenly matched game as both teams had under 10 turnovers, …
Wow, what a phenomenal night for basketball. I think, however, we are looking at a muddier picture coming out of today than we had hoped.
Eastern Conference Playoff Picture:
As the dust settled, we can now say the standings look like as so:
1. Cleveland
2. Orlando
3. Atlanta
4. Boston
5. Miami
6. Milwaukee
7. Charlotte
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8. Chicago
9. Toronto (.5 GB)
Few notes about this:
1. Toronto pulled within a half game last night of Chicago with a huge win. Andrea Bargnani has been stepping up with Bosh out of the lineup, and scored 33 points in the win. They are still …
This is what it all comes down to! The final week of the regular season, but it’s only a few more days of games left before the playoffs start on Saturday! Here are all games this week that have playoff seeding implications!
Eastern Conference
Race for the 3rd Seed in the East
Going into Monday, the Hawks lead by one game over the Celtics. Both teams have wrapped up the fourth seed at worst. Hawks win both and it’s all theirs!
Hawks @ Bucks (Monday)
Celtics @ Bulls (Tuesday)
Bucks @ Celtics (Wednesday)
Cavs @ Hawks (Wednesday)
Race for the …
